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Quote by George Orwell
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense o

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. – George Orwell

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War is a way of shattering to pieces… materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and… too intelligent. – George Orwell

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War
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The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. – George Orwell

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War
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A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world. – Jack Kerouac

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I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. – Charles Dickens

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Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. – Henry Ford

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Women hear rhythm differently than men. – Elvis Costello

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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. – Doris Lessing

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Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. – Johann von Goethe

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